2022 Sicilian regional election
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The 2022 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily will be held on 25 September 2022.
Electoral system
The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 8 MPs (7+1) are elected using Party bloc vote.
AG | CL | CT | EN | ME | PA | RG | SR | TP | Total |
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6 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 62 |
Background
Progressive camp primary election
On 18 June a press conference was held between the leaders of Democratic Party, Five Star Movement, Italian Left, Green Europe, Article One, Italian Socialist Party and One Hundred Steps for Sicily. They presented the guidelines for the Progressive camp primary election, which will be held on 23 July. The deadline for the candidacies was set for June 30.[2][3] Caterina Chinnici won the primary election with 44% of votes, ahead of Barbara Floridia (32%) and Claudio Fava (23%).[4]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
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Caterina Chinnici | Democratic Party | 14,552 | 44.77% | [5] | |
Barbara Floridia | Five Star Movement | 10,317 | 31.74% | [6] | |
Claudio Fava | One Hundred Steps for Sicily | 7,547 | 23.22% | [7][8] | |
Total | 100% |
Parties and candidates
This is a list of the parties, and their respective leaders, which will participate in the election.
Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | Refs | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
Centre-right | Forza Italia | 16.4 | 12 | TBD
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League | 5.6 | 3 | |||||
Brothers of Italy | |||||||
Centre-left | Democratic Party | 13.0 | 11 | Caterina Chinnici | |||
Five Star Movement | 26.7 | 19 | |||||
De Luca Mayor of Sicily | — | — |
Candidates
Declared intention to run
As of June 2022, individuals in this section have declared their intent to run for president of Sicily.
- Nello Musumeci, incumbent President of Sicily (2017–today), Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (2012–today), Member of the European Parliament (1994–2009), President of the Province of Catania (1994–2003)[10]
- Caterina Chinnici, Member of the European Parliament (2014–today)[11]
- Claudio Fava, Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (1991, 2017–today), Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1992–1994, 2013–2018), Member of the European Parliament (1999–2009), candidate for President in 2017[12]
- Barbara Floridia, Member of the Senate of the Republic (2018–today), Undersecretary to the Ministry of Education (2021–today)[13]
Others
- Cateno De Luca, Mayor of Messina (2018–2022), Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (2006–2018)[14]
- Dino Giarrusso, Member of the European Parliament (2019–today)[15]
- Eliana Esposito, runs for the independentist party Siciliani Liberi (Free Sicilians) [16]
Potential candidates
As of June 2022, the following people have been subjects of speculation about their potential candidacy within the previous six months.
- Raffaele Lombardo, President of Sicily (2008–2012), Member of the European Parliament (1999–2008), President of the Province of Catania (2003–2008), Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (1986–1994)[17]
- Gianfranco Miccichè, Member of the European Parliament (2018), President of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (2017–today, 2006–2008), Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (2012–today), Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1994–2006), Minister for Development and Territorial Cohesion (2005–2006), candidate for President in 2012[18]
- Nino Minardo, Sicilian coordinator of Lega (2020–today), Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2008–today)[19]
- Stefania Prestigiacomo, Minister for Environment (2008–2011), Minister for Equal Opportunities (2001–2006), Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1994–today)[20]
- Anthony Barbagallo, Sicilian secretary of PD (2020–today), Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (2012–today)[21]
- Pietro Bartolo, Member of the European Parliament (2019–today)[22]
Others
Withdrawn and excluded candidates
- Giancarlo Cancelleri, Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (2012–2019), candidate for President in 2012 and 2017[23]
- Nuccio Di Paola, Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (2017–today)[13]
- Luigi Sunseri, Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (2017–today)[13]
Declined to be candidates
The individuals in this section have been the subject of speculation about their possible candidacy, but have publicly denied interest in running.
Opinion polling
Candidates
Date | Polling firm | Musumeci | Cancelleri | Micari | Fava | De Luca | Others | No-one | Lead |
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26 June 2021 | Keix | 26.1 | 22.1 | 6.0 | 13.2 | — | — | 31.0 | 4.0 |
28.1 | 27.1 | — | — | — | — | 44.8 | 1.0 | ||
24.2 | 21.1 | — | — | 13.8 | — | 40.9 | 3.1 | ||
23.6 | — | — | 21.1 | 14.6 | — | TBA | 2.5 | ||
28.5 | — | — | 25.4 | — | — | TBA | 3.1 |
Parties
Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Centre-right | Centre-left | IV | A | +E | Others | Lead | |||||||||||||
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FI | MpA/NcI | UDC–CP–IS | #DB | FdI | Lega | CI | Other | M5S | PD | CPpS | Art.1 | SI | EV | Other | ||||||||
9-14 March 2022 | Keix | 1920 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 15.4 | 7.8 | — | — | 22.9 | 9.8 | 2.6 | — | — | 3.3 | 0.6 | — | — | 7.5 | ||
16 February 2022 | Demopolis | — | 14.0 | — | — | — | 26.0 | 9.0 | — | — | 21.0 | 18.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.8 | 5.0 | ||
23 December 2021 | Noto | — | 11 | 3.5 | — | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 2.0 | ||
26 June 2021 | Keix | — | 9.2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 8.1 | 13.7 | 10.5 | — | — | 22.7 | 13.9 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 0.7 | — | — | 4.2 | 3.1 | — | — | 9.0 |
References
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